RPC IV.4, 3014

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3014
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ζ = 7
Dating AD 166/7
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, left
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Edition ἔτους ζʹ (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation of year 7
Reverse design Sarapis as fountain-god standing, facing, head, left, wearing kalathos, holding taenia over lebes on stand; behind, amphora(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.06 g
Reference DS 9297
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2998/6, 3008/2, 3010/1–3.
Note The Ζ of the date is reversed. The uncertain object to the r. on the reverse is probably an amphora distorted by double-striking, cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/120415.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9297 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 407